BREAKING: An El Paso County judge on Thursday allowed all charges to go forward against the suspect in the mass shooting at Club Q club last year.
Guns seized in Club Q shooting suspect’s 2021 arrest were never returned, case dismissed after family didn’t cooperate
But defense attorneys showed an image of Aldrich at Club Q in August 2021 in which Aldrich posed smiling with their mother, and said Aldrich visited the club six times in the 15 months before the attack without incident. They presented evidence that Aldrich was prescribed medications for symptoms of schizophrenia, mood disorders and depression, and that Aldrich had used illegal drugs before the mass shooting.
“What happened here was senseless, awful and it was tragic,” public defender Joseph Archambault said Thursday. “…But it’s categorically different from a person who targeted a group, who is proud of what they did and hopes other people follow in their footsteps.” Investigators on Wednesday also presented evidence that Aldrich said to a club patron during the shooting that, “My mom will not accept me because I am gay, you’re all the same.” After the attack, Aldrich cried and said, “I really up, I killed all those people,” testimony revealed.
Additionally, a note found in Aldrich’s home referenced hate, investigators testified. The note read: “Please relieve me of my own fate, I am drowning in my own wake, how long must I wait for you to rid me of this hate.”
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